Changes: Abdul Abulbul Amir

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Abdul Abulbul Amir is a folk song from Earth written in 1877 by Irish songwriter William Percy French.

In 2367, on Terlina III, Lore sang the first verse of the song after successfully impersonating Data in order to trick Noonien Soong into installing an emotion chip in him and commented "I've always loved that ditty, but I could never quite get the cadence right." Lore later sang additional lines from the song when beaming away from the planet. (TNG: "Brothers")

Lyrics

The sons of the Prophet were valiant and bold

And quite unaccustomed to fear

But of all the most reckless, or so I am told,

Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.

There were brave men aplenty all well known to fame

Who served in the ranks of the Czar...

External links

Abdul Abulbul Amir at Wikipedia

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 ==Lyrics==
-''The sons of the Prophet were valiant and bold''<br>
+:''The sons of the Prophet were valiant and bold''
-''And quite unaccustomed to fear''<br>
+:''And quite unaccustomed to fear''
-''But of all the most reckless, or so I am told,''<br>
+:''But of all the most reckless, or so I am told,''
-''Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.''<br>
+:''Was Abdul Abulbul Amir.''
+:''There were brave men aplenty all well known to fame''
-''If you wanted a man to encourage the van,''<br>
-''Or harass the foe from the rear,''<br>
+:''Who served in the ranks of the Czar...''
-''Storm fort or redoubt, you had only to shout''<br>
-''For Abdul Abulbul Amir.''<br>
-''There were brave men aplenty all well known to fame''<br>
-''Who served in the ranks of the Czar,''<br>
-''And the bravest of these was a man by the name''<br>
-''Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.''<br>
-''One day this bold Russian, he shouldered his gun''<br>
-''And donned his most truculent sneer,''<br>
-''Downtown he did go where he tred on the toe''<br>
-''Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.''<br>
-''"Young man," quoth Abdul, "has life grown so dull''<br>
-''That you wish to end your career?''<br>
-''Vile infidel know, you have trod on the toe''<br>
-''Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.''<br>
-''So take your last look upon sunshine and brook''<br>
-''And send your regrets to the Czar''<br>
-''For by this I imply, you are going to die,''<br>
-''Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar."''<br>
-''Then this bold Mameluke drew his trusty chibouk,''<br>
-''Singing, "Allah! Il Allah! Al-lah!"''<br>
-''And with murderous intent he ferociously went''<br>
-''For Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.''<br>
-''They parried and thrust, they side-stepped and cussed,''<br>
-''Of blood they spilled a great part,''<br>
-''The philologist blokes, who seldom crack jokes,''<br>
-''Say that hash was first made on the spot.''<br>
-''They fought all that night neath the pale yellow moon;''<br>
-''The din, it was heard from afar,''<br>
-''And huge multitudes came, so great was the fame,''<br>
-''Of Abdul and Ivan Skavar.''<br>
-''As Abdul's long knife was extracting the life,''<br>
-''In fact he was shouting, "Huzzah!"''<br>
-''He felt himself struck by that wily Kalmuck,''<br>
-''Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.''<br>
-''The Sultan drove by in his red-breasted fly,''<br>
-''Expecting the victor to cheer,''<br>
-''But he only drew nigh to hear the last sigh,''<br>
-''Of Abdul Abulbul Amir.''<br>
-''Czar Petrovich, too, in his spectacles blue''<br>
-''Rode up in his new crested car.''<br>
-''He arrived just in time to exchange a last line''<br>
-''With Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.''<br>
-''There's a tomb rises up where the Blue Danube rolls,''<br>
-''And graved there in characters clear,''<br>
-''Is, "Stranger, when passing, oh pray for the soul''<br>
-''Of Abdul Abulbul Amir."''<br>
-''A splash in the Black Sea one dark moonless night''<br>
-''Caused ripples to spread wide and far,''<br>
-''It was made by a sack fitting close to the back,''<br>
-''Of Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.''<br>
-''A Muscovite maiden her lone vigil keeps,''<br>
-'''Neath the light of the cold northern star,''<br>
-''And the name that she murmurs in vain as she weeps,''<br>
-''Is Ivan Skavinsky Skavar.''<br>
 ==External links==